EA considering offline mode for SimCity

Make it offline then I will buy it.

Didnt they just get finished saying offline mode is not possible? now they are back tracking? haha

where was this before the release. I could a told them what they did wrong. you know what, let me run this company, I could fix this. The job is open correct?

"cities twice the size of current land plots, terraforming, ... Classic mode"

Hmm, interesting, but twice the size might still be too small to bring back the feeling of previous SimCity games. Now, if Classic Mode means simply expanding out over an entire map like the old games, I'll totally buy into it. I still don't know if that's possible, since so many times it was claimed the new engine could not handle more than 100k citizens at once, as well as saying other elements of the new simulation could not handle large cities like the previous games.

It's too late for them to add to this game enough to make me want to buy it. Far too late.

They are that clueless regarding the community's desires that they have to put this stupid "survey" out there? SMH

So.... all that BS at first that it had to be online for it to be made... wtf?

They should consider getting their head out of their ass

EA got worst company in America for a reason. i think the bank/oil/energy companies should have gotten it... but i understand why EA got it.

one of the worst executed combacks of any game series ever.

and they all come with this months and months after release.. a 12 year old would do a better job putting stuff in the game that makes people actually want to buy it.

only when they are desperate for money, will they do the right thing... what?

Go to hell EA.

U DON"T SAY

Maxis should have stood up for themselves. They're fucking Maxis. Who the **** is EA compared to Maxis? What has EA ever brought us? The exclusive rights to major league sports, oh wow. Outside of that they release games that actually ARE good or COULD have been good, but were ruined or milked unto ruin by EA's greedy fucking soulless ass.

Maxis is the damn king shit of city building games, they invented it. If I were them I'd have bolted from EA as soon as possible, but I'm sure the moment it was possible years and years ago, EA bought the rights to SimCity, and the Sims, and the older Sim titles. So it wouldn't have helped but at least they'd have their dignity. You can't eat dignity though :-/.

Then again from the interviews, Maxis "Chose" to go that route with their game. It's not like the good ole' days with Will, that's for certain.

@Clownbabby I certainly never bought it. I was looking so forward to it, having been a fan for years and having bought every single game, including the awful SimCity Societies. I never will, either. I'll steal that shit. They can try again next time because I did honestly want to play in a region with my roommate.

YES!! If they actually do what this article says I might actually start playing the game again!

After the massive backlash it's funny that they're just 'considering' the offline mode. Think hard guys, giving people what they want can trigger side effects like 'customer satisfaction' and 'more sales'. I know that's something you were trying to avoid with this game...

The game is actually really fun, but the DRM really ruined it

Diablo 3 error 37 lasted about an hour, then was fine, people couldn't get into Simcity for weeks

offline mode would be nice

they need to insist on improving their products 'before' they actually get released for once.

been playing games for 30 years, and cant help but keep using the word 'pathetic' over and over again for this generation of games.

Can you put offline mode for Darkspore also? Just saying...

Lmao great work EA, havent been this amused with BS since the Xbox launch XD. Your "Considering" an offline mode ?, after players found out how to play offline months ago ?. Your considering expanding the city's after the players hacked it to expand ?....what complete and utter bull, Your game is a complete mess with key features missing or totally scrapped in favor of the current model. Reminds me of C&C4....you dont screw with the games basic's

If it had an offline mode and no more limits on city size then I might think about picking it up for half price.

So basically every thing that players were begging for BEFORE the game even released?

Lol.

So, let's get this straight. X amount of people have now bought the game and have cracked it, to make it work offline. EA realize that X amount of people now can't buy any expansion packs because there games 'void'. Solution, give in, admit defeat, admit they lied and then continue making mega-bucks.

Middle Finger.

Has anyone else noticed the screenshots for the SimCity game articles are always of an in-game disaster. Subtle Gamespot. I like it.

oh but you can't do that, because its impossible to do it, isn't it?

you can't do something impossible, after all, that's why you had it always online in the first place.

*drip drip*(sound of sarcasm dripping from this comment)

I actually really enjoy the game still. There's some serious issues and features that are lacking, so reading this only gets me excited that they might be introducing them. Overpasses and bigger city plots FTW!

This game was such a total, complete abject failure. The longer you play it the more you realize how broken the mechanics are. This game failed on every level.

But they said offline mode was impossible!

Are they now saying that they LIED TO OUR FUCKING FACES?

Not only has this horse ALREADY bolted ! but it ran down the road and over the mountain ,bordered a ferry to europe and ended up in a fidus meal.

bit late to think about closing the gate now EA dont you think?

oh i said a word beyond EA's understanding (THINK)

Too late EA, too late

Besides, the crack has been released. Better luck next time!

@Clownbabby It's a testament to cloud computing.

@Clownbabby And people believe the same thing about XB1 and its magical cloud. Silliness.

Between the always online DRM and the tiny size of the city this game was a huge disappointment.

Nope, too late for that.

Too little too late. Sorry Maxis, I have moved on a long time ago.